Design for Equitable Communities
Design solutions affect more than the client and current occupants. Good design positively impacts the future by helping communities thrive—socially, economically, and environmentally.
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Design for Equitable Communities
Deep Dives
Get up to speed on complex topics. You can also earn CEUs and download PDF Spotlight Reports.
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Integrative Process: Pathways to Performance and Regeneration
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An integrative process can streamline workflows and drive higher performance. But if you do it well, it’s so much more.
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The Missing Embodied Carbon Link: Construction
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Some researchers say construction emissions could account for as much as 30% of a project’s embodied carbon. What can be done about it?
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Keeping PFAS Forever Chemicals out of Building Products
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been linked to negative health and environmental impacts. Getting them out of our building products is going to require work.
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Build More or Build Green? Affordable Housing’s False Choice
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The housing crisis is also a climate crisis and a social equity crisis. If we change our ways, we can address them all at once.
Product Guidance
Unbiased information from our product experts helps you separate green from greenwash.
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In The News
We break news down to the essentials and provide expert analysis.
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COTE Top Ten for 2023 Provide Open Space Teeming with Life
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The COTE Top Ten for 2023 promote biodiversity, equitable access to nature, and other positive outcomes for occupants, owners, and broader energy and water systems.
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Feds Increase Scrutiny of Racism and Sexism in Construction Workplaces
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In a new strategy, the EEOC plans to tackle workplace discrimination in industries lacking in diversity, including construction.
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Four Imperatives to Diversify the AEC Pipeline
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The secret to a more diverse AEC workforce? Inclusive mentoring for future architects, engineers, construction professionals, and skilled tradespeople.
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AEC Workforce Diversity Hasn’t Budged Much
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The National Institute of Building Sciences shared results from its second biannual Social Equity Survey.
Perspective
Thought-provoking opinions from the most trusted minds in sustainability.
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Learning Resources
Syllabus supplements and CEU content, with automatic reporting for AIA and GBCI.
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Build More or Build Green? Affordable Housing’s False Choice
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The housing crisis is also a climate crisis and a social equity crisis. If we change our ways, we can address them all at once.
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Affordable Housing or Green Housing? We Can Say Yes to Both
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Yes, available funding for building and rehabilitating affordable housing is inadequate—but that’s all the more reason to get this right when we get the chance.
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Build Green on a Budget: Lessons from Affordable Housing
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Biobased Building Materials: the Hype, the Hope, the … Hemp?
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This webcast explores the promising future of biobased materials in commercial construction.
